“She had lost her faith while still managing to hang on to all the platitudes” (Evangellyfish, p. 104).
Bleeding Hands
“Godly authority remains recognizably authoritative, although it must be continually emphasized (in this sinful world) that this is an authority that must have a servant’s heart and bleeding hands” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 59).
Not to Be Done
“Preachers often lose sight of their fundamental and inexcusable error, of saying that a passage of God’s Word means what it does not mean” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, pp. 67-68).
Connected Christian Resistance
It should be easy to see that we need to dive into a complicated subject. We know that there will be turmoil when we get there, and there will be questions we cannot answer. There will be tangles. That’s all right. What is not over our head is the realization that we will very soon …
One Point of Difference
“Johnny’s eyes were round, like a couple of trash can lids, only a different color” (Evangellyfish, p. 100).
Fullness and Headship
“Scripture teaches that headship involves ‘fullness’ . . . (Eph. 1:22-23). In Scripture, headship does not mean a stand-alone, autonomous authority. Headship is trinitarian, bestowing fullness from above and summoning fullness from below. The head fills the body, and the head is filled by the body” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 58).
A Car With Brakes
“And the allegorical, in the broad sense of that term, is very widely and variously employed in the Scriptures of truth . . . With such a foundation in the nature of things, and with so much support in the actual usage of the Bible, it is not strange that there has always been on …
Resisting the Slavers
An issue has come up in the comments of both Thabiti’s blog and mine that I thought I should address quickly, at least if I can. I have written and spoken on this in other settings, but it appears that a few folks think it is somewhat relevant to this discussion. That is the question …
Theologically Thinking You Stand
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #108 “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (1 Cor. 10:12). This short verse quite obviously applies to the universal temptation to pride. We know that pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit …
Very Loosely Tied
“He could tell that Johnny was not really a highly trained logician, and would simply go as he was directed, as long as the suggested direction did not conflict with the tangled bundle of platitudes, loosely tied with string, that made up his worldview” (Evangellyfish, p. 100).